This issue of news is full of technical stuff but the new commands are interesting.Welcome New YahELite UsersWe welcome all new YahELite chat client users.To keep your YahELite up-to-date use the YahElite option MainMenu.Info.UpdateWe remind all users to always download and update from a reputable YahELite mirror, either www.customcodes.com, www.yahelite.org or www.yahelite.com

YahELite is funded by advertisements on the YahElite webpages. When you visit our advertisers they appreciate your business and we appreciate your support. The YahELite advertisers promote products that are of direct interest to chat users.

File SecurityThe YahELite home page and mirrors now have enhanced file security for downloads.We take these steps because we value your trust and try to be responsible and pro-active in keeping our sites safe and secure. These steps are designed to detect and report when files are out-of sync.This also helps to ensure you have the latest versions and that all YahELite mirrors are up-to date.

The new security measures do not require any interaction on your part, but they will inform you if there is any discrepancy.

Continue reading if you want to know the technical details...

File downloads are now verified that identical versions exist on two mirrors.The file size and MD5 signature are now shown on the download page.If the files are identical the download screen will show:This file is identical on both mirrors and is OK to download.If the files are not identical a WARNING will be displayed and provide additional information.There are times when the sites are being updated that the files may be diferrent and this is normal.The on-screen instructions will recommend that you wait a few minutes and try again.

How It Works

The computing industry has developed a method of obtaining a file 'signature' that uses an arithmetic process to create a unique number based on the file contents. Two well known methods to do this are known as MD5 (message digest 5) and SHA1 (secure hash algorithm 1). Essentially they read the file contents, calculate a fancy number based on each byte read from the file and produce a signature that is unique for that file. By comparing these file signatures from two different sites we have increased confidence that the files are identical and that no tampering has occurred. To really be sure though the user should actually go to both sites and verify the signatures themselves.

We have also developed and distribute a signature calculator that can be used to examine files and show their MD5 and SHA1 file signatures on your local PC. hashutil is a small easy to use tool that can be obtained from any YahELite mirror. www.yahelite.org/deep/yahelite/hashutil.exe

The hashutil program produces standards compliant results identical to other standard compliant programs with the same functionality. In other words you can use the hashutil program from yahelite.org, or you can use a similar signature calculator from some other site (try google) and obtain the exact same file signature.

The hashutil program is compliant with the following standards:RFC 3174, RFC 1321 and FIPS PUB 180-1The algorithms used were derived from public domain sources and credit goes to Ron Rivest, Colin Plumb, John Walker, and Steve Reid for their work in developing these procedures.

New CommandsYahELite version 325.4 introduces a new command and its counterpart./act and /noact

When you log into Yahoo chat, the name you use to login with is automatically activated so you can chat and send and receive PMs. Other names (aliases) on the same account are not activated, and you will not receive PM's to those names even though you are logged in. You can activate any of those alsiases by using the /act command followed by the alias.

To disable an alias use the /noact command followed by the alias.

Using the commands without specifying the alias will operate on the current login name.

The effect of these commands is limited to the duration of the current chat session.

For convenience you can use YahELite's command completion feature to select the available aliases by typing a space after the command followed by A popup list of aliases that exist on the current account will be shown. You can select with the mouse or keyboard and then press ENTER.

You can only activate or deactivate your own ID's, not other peoples.

examples: /noact mynameisjoe /act myothernameisjoe2

NOTE: when you use /noact you will NOT receive chat text or PMs to that alias, but you can still send chat text if you are logged in with that chat name. so if you just type in /noact and press ENTER you will lose the ability to see chat text until you send the /act command. This might be useful to disable unwanted chat data from people that attempt to 'boot' you.

Folding @ Home

The YahELite Team (you can join!) is participating in a Stanford University computing project.Our [ 32 ] member team is already in the TOP 2 % of all teams.

If you'd like to participate you can find more information at http://www.yahelite.org/fah We encourage new members, our team is still small but we can grow and do even more.

YAHELITE MIRRORS

The official YahELite mirrors contain the public downloads of the YahELite chat program, utilities, news and forums and more, you can visit us at any of the following official YahELite mirror sites.

Our forum is a lively and informative resource for discussions about YahELite and chat related activities Please feel free to browse without having to register, or join and post to our forum at http://www.yahelite.org

HOW TO READ NEWS

YahELite will check for news once per day and only show news updates.To enable daily news updates use the YahELite chat command /newsTo disable daily news updates use the command /nonewsTo Show the latest news page even if it is not new.. use the command /news 1